Mayor Lisa Brown Proposes New Narcotics Prosecution Post, Spokane WA – 2024

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Mayor Lisa Brown Proposes New Narcotics Prosecution Post, Spokane WA – 2024

Spokane, Washington – Mayor Lisa Brown has put forward a proposal to create a new special assistant U.S. attorney position to focus on narcotics prosecution in the City of Spokane.

According to the proposal, the new attorney will be a city employee who works in collaboration with the Eastern District of Washington U.S. Attorney’s Office. The U.S. Attorney’s Office will provide office space, training, day-to-day supervision, and will assist with recruitment, interviewing and identifying successful candidates.

Developing this role in partnership with the U.S. Attorney’s Office ensures that the City will have close relationships with federal agencies like the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and have enhanced penalty provisions for high-level drug dealers and traffickers.

“Our community has been deeply affected by the opioid epidemic. To address this crisis, I am looking to partner a new special attorney to target the root of the problem – drug dealing and trafficking. By focusing upstream, we aim to cut off the supply before it reaches out most vulnerable, preventing more people from falling victim and giving our community a chance to heal,” Mayor Brown said.

“The City of Spokane and the U.S. Attorney’s Office share the same goal – a safer, stronger community for all who call Spokane home. The dramatic increase in the use of fentanyl in the last few years has destroyed countless lives,” stated U.S. Attorney Vanessa R. Waldref, who serves as the chief federal law enforcement officer for the Eastern District of Washington.

U.S. Attorney Waldref continued, “We stand prepared to work with our federal and local law enforcement partners to address the damage being done to our communities. Working together, we are better equipped to address the fentanyl crisis — bringing justice to purveyors of poison in our neighborhoods and sparing community members and families from the tragedy of deadly drug poisonings. I am grateful for our partnership with the City of Spokane, and I look forward to continuing to work with the Mayor’s team on critical public safety projects for our community.”